Brignogan-Plages
Brignogan-Plages
Brignogan | |
|---|---|
 The beach at Brignogan-Plages | |
Location of Brignogan-Plages  | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Finistère |
| Arrondissement | Brest |
| Canton | Lesneven |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Lesneven et de la Côte des Légendes |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Jean-Clément Zion |
| Area 1 | 3.60 km2 (1.39 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | 844 |
| • Density | 230/km2 (610/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 29021 /29890 |
| Elevation | 0–25 m (0–82 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Brignogan-Plages (or simply Brignogan) (Breton: Brignogan) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
Brignogan is 32 kilometres from Brest. Submarine telegraph cables between Cornwall and France came ashore at Brignogan.
Climate
| Climate data for Brignogan-Plages (1981–2010 averages) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.5 (61.7) |
19.6 (67.3) |
24.0 (75.2) |
24.5 (76.1) |
29.1 (84.4) |
32.0 (89.6) |
30.4 (86.7) |
32.6 (90.7) |
30.3 (86.5) |
29.3 (84.7) |
21.7 (71.1) |
19.0 (66.2) |
32.6 (90.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.1 (50.2) |
10.1 (50.2) |
11.6 (52.9) |
12.7 (54.9) |
15.0 (59.0) |
17.4 (63.3) |
19.2 (66.6) |
19.6 (67.3) |
18.3 (64.9) |
16.0 (60.8) |
12.8 (55.0) |
10.8 (51.4) |
14.5 (58.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.7 (42.3) |
5.6 (42.1) |
6.8 (44.2) |
7.6 (45.7) |
10.2 (50.4) |
12.4 (54.3) |
14.0 (57.2) |
14.1 (57.4) |
13.0 (55.4) |
10.9 (51.6) |
8.3 (46.9) |
6.4 (43.5) |
9.6 (49.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −7.0 (19.4) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
1.2 (34.2) |
3.1 (37.6) |
5.6 (42.1) |
9.2 (48.6) |
8.8 (47.8) |
7.0 (44.6) |
1.1 (34.0) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 107.8 (4.24) |
86.1 (3.39) |
69.8 (2.75) |
66.3 (2.61) |
61.4 (2.42) |
43.2 (1.70) |
48.5 (1.91) |
50.8 (2.00) |
56.7 (2.23) |
99.8 (3.93) |
104.2 (4.10) |
113.4 (4.46) |
908.0 (35.75) |
| Source: Météo France[1] | |||||||||||||
Population
Inhabitants of Brignogan-Plages are called Brignoganais in French.
See also
References
- ^ "Données climatiques de la station de Brignogan" (in French). Meteo France. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
External links
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